Black Mountain, North Carolina
I'm at a four-day conference in Appalachia in the shadow of Mount Mitchell. Yesterday I played the course in the public park before checking in at the conference center. If you're passing by Black Mountain on I-40 or I-26, whatever the I is out there, just keep going. This course is a little pitch and putt from the long tees. There are several stand and deliver holes where you'll be throwing your putter and a lot of Roc shots. To get to the back nine you take the tunnel under the interstate. I shot the course -6 or -7 but had a disappointing slew of 3s on the back. I was having a blood sugar problem so that might have been the problem. Poor diet on the way down here. I just can't live on Bugles anymore!
The conference center has a course also. I'm glad I brought my discs. We get 90 minute breaks between sessions and it is just enough time to race around the course and then clean up a bit. This is also a short pitch and putt course but the elevation makes it interesting as well as a little huffy-puffy. If you are staying at the conference center you can get a map and scorecard. Without one, you'd never find your way around.
This course plays like the course designer was told to design a short recreational course but in his own mind he also designed a relatively challenging par 3 course. On almost every hole you can imagine where you'd place a long tee for tournament play. Some places there is huge separation between the holes. I shot the course -13 with a missed putt or two. I'll probably play it every day.